House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 17, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6407.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 120, July 17, 2018, Page H6464):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 69 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6407, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6407
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e284e11ec9b945e5b736056dbdca4f75e11c5a6613f0acdbd8d57426d6235f64
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6407, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 8 cosponsors (62%) are from the other party.
John Delaney (D-MD), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), Collin Peterson (D-MN), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Timothy Walz (D-MN), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4553 (115th) Terrorist Screening and Targeting Review Act of 2017
- H.R. 5561 (115th) Barbara Johns Congressional Gold Medal Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.